Pursuant to a resolution of the Senate on 9 May 2012 regarding the consideration of time critical bills, the provisions of the following bills were referred on 23 May 2012 to the Senate Economics Legislation Committee for inquiry and report:  
- Clean Energy Legislation Amendment Bill 2012;
- Clean Energy (Customs Tariff Amendment) Bill 2012; and
- Clean Energy (Excise Tariff Legislation Amendment) Bill 2012.

The bills propose to amend the Clean Energy Act 2011 and the Fuel Tax Act 2006 to reflect changes in coverage arrangements for gaseous fuels. The bills also propose to make a number of minor and technical amendments relating to the Carbon Farming Initiative and the Australian National Registry of Emissions Units, and to enable information sharing between relevant agencies and the proposed Clean Energy Finance Corporation.

Submissions should be received by 5 June 2012. The reporting date is 18 June 2012.

The Committee is seeking written submissions from interested individuals and organisations preferably in electronic form submitted  online or sent by email to  economics.sen@aph.gov.au as an attached Adobe PDF or MS Word format document. The email must include full postal address and contact details.

Alternatively, written submissions may be sent to:

Senate Economics Legislation Committee, SG. 64
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Notes to help you prepare your submission are available from the website at https://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/wit_sub/index.htm. Alternatively, the Committee Secretariat will be able to help you with your inquiries and can be contacted on telephone +61 2 6277 3540 or facsimile +61 2 6277 5719 or by email to economics.sen@aph.gov.au.

Inquiries from hearing and speech impaired people should be directed to Parliament House TTY number 02 6277 7799. Adobe also provides tools at  http://access.adobe.com/ for the blind and visually impaired to access PDF documents. If you require any special arrangements to enable you to participate in the Committee's inquiry, please contact the Committee Secretariat.

Once the Committee accepts your submission, it becomes a confidential Committee document and is protected by Parliamentary Privilege. You must not release your submission without the Committee's permission. If you do, it will not be protected by Parliamentary Privilege. At some stage during the inquiry, the Committee normally makes submissions public and places them on its website. Please indicate if you want your submission to be kept confidential.